The Association of Residential Letting Agents has asked the government for urgent clarification on how Right To Rent will work post-Brexit under new Freedom of Movement...

The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to prompt an increase in rent...

Property Franchise Group brand Martin & Co has snapped up West Yorkshire independent agent Red Box Residential. Martin & Co’s Saltaire branch, operated by Angela Newark, acquired Red...

The average age of those buying investment property has fallen by more than three and a half years in the past nine months alone, according to...

A dawn raid on unlicensed HMOs in north London last week were the latest sign of a crackdown on rogue operators by the local authority. Brent council's...

A crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting a luxury apartment, spending £3,000...

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and energy efficiency of rented accommodation. The...

The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to 48 per cent in 2018...

The Residential Landlords Association has given its backing to Zoopla’s ban on agents and landlords advertising properties to rent as ‘No DSS’. Chris Town, RLA vice chair,...

There’s a claim today that around one million amateur and professional landlords in the new short lets sector are not adequately covered by UK insurance companies. A...

Zoopla says it’s introducing new measures to minimise the presence of what it calls “blanket restrictions” imposed on tenants who receive housing benefit. The portal has already...

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s £5,187 - per month for...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors should not respond to the slowing market by selling up, but should instead cut their costs or generate...

The ban on tenants’ fees beginning on June 1 presents an opportunity to overhaul the private rental sector, says a property management firm. Mark Neighbour of Mcilroy...

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords, and tenants in the private...

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so far had only very limited...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental misunderstanding” of the rental sector,...

A new study claims one in three Britons would be happy renting for the rest of their lives - but the downside is that they expect...

The best suppliers to the estate and letting agent sector for customer service have been announced by the ESTAS in the build up to the  2019...

One of Britain’s most experienced lettings experts has condemned the government for “almost singlehandedly destroying the traditional lettings market.” Lisa Simon - now the head of sales...

The government says it is still considering applications to operate Client Money Protection schemes from April, despite approving five schemes so far with under three weeks...

Hull council has won a legal case in the High Court against a local trade body, the Humber Landlords Association. The claim challenged the implementation of the...

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge of empty homes.” According to new...

An 18 month probe by different authorities has led to a £4,000 fine for an HMO owner in the Highlands. The local council and Police Scotland started...

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual tax bill.  Research by the National...

An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing.  The UK Short Term Accommodation Association, which was set up two...

Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the scheme “will improve housing standards...

The London-focussed rental app Movebubble has revealed major new investment from Build To Rent developer Quintain, which is taking a 10 per cent share in the...

Labour says it will introduce new ‘indefinite’ tenancies for private tenants, based on rules currently in place in Germany. It claims German tenancies last, on average, 11...

The average rent in the UK is now £940 per month, up 3.8 per cent on this time last year. When London’s high rent average is excluded,...

Numerous regional independent agency chains have joined Zero Deposit, one of several rental deposit replacement schemes to have appeared in recent years. Zero Deposit, which launched in...

Two landlords have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for breaching fire safety and over-occupancy licence conditions at their House of Multiple Occupation. Barnet council officers...

A landlord has been convicted of three offences relating to his failure to comply with fire safety requirements in a privately rented property. Marcus Brade, from Basildon,...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending their use of letting agents, according...

A leading trade body says the argument that councils have insufficient powers to tackle rogue operators isn’t supported by the facts - or the figures. In an...

Independent inventory reporting is the perfect complement to the government’s proposed housing reforms. That’s the view of the UK’s largest provider of inventory services, No Letting Go. It...

New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities a growing expectation. The portal analysed...

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses in multiple occupation dating back...

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent in just one year -...

The Home Office says it will reassess the Right To Rent scheme following last week’s decision by the High Court that the measure breached human rights...

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect on March 20. The act, which...

Lettings automation service teclet has revealed that the Tenant Shop is the latest partner integrated into its platform. Tenant Shop provides energy, broadband,  utilities, removals and insurance...

A new index for the lettings sector in England and Wales by PropTech company Goodlord gives a clean bill of health to renting - but shows...

Data from Knight Frank shows that annual rental values actually grew in parts of prime outer London last month for the first time in three years.  The...

An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation - and so far the...

A buy to let investor has been landed with a fine and costs of over £20,000 because he failed to apply for a licence from his...

A programme of nine new educational workshops takes place next month, some of which target new agents with little or no experience of deposits issues.  Hosted by SafeDeposits Scotland, a...

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late last week the government revealed...

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years according to the Halifax.  Back in...

Connells Group is backing this week’s National Apprenticeship Week and has launched a new head office programme giving around 100 existing members of staff courses in...